Forget Guitar Hero, it takes a lot to be a pro

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With the computer game Guitar Hero anyone can pretend to be Hendrix or Clapton, but as our correspondent knows, there’s much more to playing the guitar than striking poses

As a general cultural rule, it’s simple: guitars turn grown men into teenagers. Think of Paul Allen, the co-founder of Microsoft. While Bill Gates sets up a worthy foundation to find a cure for malaria, Allen splashes his millions on a Jimi Hendrix museum for Seattle and a massive boat in the Med to tempt the members of U2 to come and hang out with him on holiday.

What has Davis Guggenheim, director of An Inconvenient Truth and a forthcoming documentary on Barack Obama, decided to do with his newfound power? He has decided to invite Jimmy Page, Jack White